Dear Friend,
Welcome to our quarterly newsletter! We have exciting news and highlights to share with you all. This is the first of three newsletters you’ll be receiving from us over the coming days.
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In the last quarter, we hit the halfway mark for our adult literacy programs. From the beginning of the year, our students have been attending various EFE classes at Adhikaar. To mark this day, we conducted a mid-year evaluation and celebrated their achievements. The event took place at our community center, where we distributed new branded totesbags, folders, and notebooks to our EFE students and also had delicious Nepali food catered to the event. Our adult literacy classes are critical to our members as a vast majority have limited-literacy challenges that create barriers for them in almost all aspects of their lives. [Read more…]
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We conducted two CPR training in collaboration with the American Heart Association for our New York and New Jersey Domestic Worker members. The training is a crucial requirement and an important aspect of working as a Nanny, and Home Health Aid worker. It was conducted in English with Nepali interpretation to bridge the language barrier. [Read more…]
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In June, our “We Rise” Nanny training graduates from the 15th batch received their certificate from Cornell University. [Read more…]
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Workers cannot wait! In June, New Jersey Domestic Worker members came together and rallied in front of the state capitol building in Trenton to mark the end of the State legislative session. Together they urged State electeds to pass the NJ Domestic Worker Bill of Rights this year. [Read more…]
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Stay tuned for our next newsletter which will cover our Immigration, Casework, Healthcare, and Youth programs.
Thank you for taking the time to support and uplift our work. Your donation helps Adhikaar reach its vision to build a powerful, diverse, and intergenerational community that embraces one whole self.
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In solidarity,
The Adhikaar team
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